In a post on Facebook, Arun Jaitley took upon Mamata Banerjee's aggressive stance saying that she is only trying to gain a political mileage using this controversy in a try to project her as the 'nucleus' of India's opposition.
"It would be a gross error to assume that she did this (Dharna) because of a routine investigation involving a Police Officer. She did it to defocus from other opposition aspirants for the highest office and to project herself as the nucleus of India's opposition," Jaitley wrote posted on Facebook.
Taking on the Congress President Rahul Gandhi for taking a u-turn on the issue of Ponzi Scam in West Bengal, he added, "Curiously, the AICC President somersaulted his position from Saradha being a scam to 'shoulder-to-shoulder' support to scamster".
Arun Jaitley, who is undergoing treatment abroad, added, "Interestingly, the first family of Congress where most members are on bail".
"When Mamata Banerjee decided to sit on a Dharna she received support of many opposition parties who aspire to be in power. Most of them, or their affiliates are today being investigated, prosecuted and in some cases have also been convicted for crimes of corruption," he wrote.
"Mamata Banerjee's disproportionate over-reaction to the CBI wanting to interrogate the Kolkata Police Chief has flagged several issues for a public discourse. The most important being that a Kleptocrat's Club now aspires to capture the reigns of India," he said.
Jaitley also said, "Today the CBI is being brutally prevented by physical force and detention of its officer from investigating a crime legally within its jurisdiction, in the State of West Bengal. It is a textbook illustration of a State Government assaulting Federalism".
The Union Minister have also lashed out at all the other opposition leaders trying to back Mamata Banerjee: "More importantly those who have lent support to the West Bengal Dharna are those who are battling serious allegations of economic improprieties, criminal misconduct and even corruption. Can ?New India? be ever run by this Kleptocrat's Club?"
The ensuing elections "will be either Modi Vs. Chaos or Modi Vs. Anarchy" - he said, "Mamata Banerjee's latest acrobatics are the best evidence of the kind of governance India's opposition can provide".
Mamata using Police-CBI row to draw political mileage, says Arun Jaitley
Taking on the Congress President Rahul Gandhi for taking a u-turn on the issue of Ponzi Scam in West Bengal, he added, "Curiously, the AICC President somersaulted his position from Saradha being a scam to 'shoulder-to-shoulder' support to scamster"
